Wingren M, Hayat Roshanai A, Fredriksson U, Janeslätt G, Lidström-Holmqvist K. A more active parenting after attending Let's Get Organized - Experiences of parents with ADHD.
Scand J Occup Ther 2023;
30:1267-1279. [PMID:
37471235 DOI:
10.1080/11038128.2023.2225748]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Parenting demands a high degree of attention, planning, and problem-solving, including time management, demands that can be challenging for parents with ADHD. Let's Get Organized (LGO) is an occupational therapy group intervention aiming at developing skills in time management, organisation and planning. There is a need to investigate if LGO may have an impact also on parenting.
AIM
To describe how parents with ADHD experienced the intervention, their time management strategies, parenting and family life after the occupational therapy group intervention LGO.
METHOD
Interviews were performed with 15 parents with ADHD, after completing LGO. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis.
RESULTS
The findings are described in one overarching main category, Active parenting and better relations within and outside the family through daily time management with three underlying generic categories: Let's Get Organized facilitates empowerment in daily life; The individual and family - both facilitators of and obstacles to implementation of time management strategies; and A changed parenting and family life.
CONCLUSIONS AND SIGNIFICANCE
Participants experienced a positive impact on time management skills after LGO, which generated more active parenting and better predictability in the whole family. LGO can be a valuable intervention for parents with ADHD.
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